Port Credit Local Advisory Panel

October 20thMeeting

Focus Of This Evening’s Meeting:

� 1. Hurontario Main Street Higher Order Transit Study

� 2. Port Credit Mobility Hub & GO Station Parking Structure Study

Tonight’s Attendees Include Representatives From

� Metrolinx (Provincial Agency which includes GO Transit)

� MMM (consultants retained to undertake studies)

� City Staff (Transportation & Works, Development & Design, Community Policy Planning)

AGENDA

� Hurontario Main Street Study Presentation

� Metrolinx, Mobility Hub & GO Parking Structure Overview

� Mobility Hub Study For Port Credit

� Discussion On:

� Mobility Hubs

� GO Station Design

� GO Station Parking Structure Design

� Summary & Next Steps

Integrate

Rapid

transit

Rapid

transit

Urban

Design

Urban

Design

Enhance

Mobility / accessibility

Mobility / accessibility

Quality

of life

Quality

of lifeEconomic

viability

Economic

viability

Land

Use

Land

Use

Opportunities

Planning framework

Places to Grow / The BIG MOVE

• Investment in transit is cited as the highest priority • Identified as a Metrolinx “Top 15” priority project

Opportunities

Municipal planning framework

Downtown 21, Growth Management, Official Plan

Opportunities

Leveraging the potential

City Building / “Coming of age”

• Public consultation (including the 21 Century Conversation): - Transit, transit, transit- Emphasis on “walkability”- Desire for an “urban” character

Opportunities

Leveraging the potential

existing demand for transit

• Over 28,000 riders use the corridor each day … already!

The Vision: A 21st Century Main Street

Provide easy, reliable, frequent, comfortable and convenient

rapid transit service throughout the corridor, with effective

connections to other links in the inter-regional transit network.

LRT – Light Rail TransitBRT - Bus Rapid Transit

The Vision: A 21st Century Main Street

Create a beautiful street, with attractive “places” along the

corridor featuring expanded mobility, vibrant economic

activity, and livable, connected, mixed-use neighbourhoods,

integrated with the transportation infrastructure.

The Vision: A 21st Century Main Street

Recognize and reinforce the Regional Urban System and

the planned urban structure of each City, and accordingly,

encourage mixed-use, compact, intensified TOD directed

along the corridor, customized to suit the varying and

distinct nature of each existing community and sensitive

to the presence of adjacent stable neighbourhoods.

Character Areas:

Build on the existing vibrancy and pedestrian-oriented neighbourhood by:

• Encouraging land uses that create a livelystreetscape and support pedestrian activity;

• Promoting transit-oriented and pedestrian scaleddevelopment;

• Providing connections to GO Transit, local transitservice and the proposed Lakeshore higher-ordertransit system; and

• Strengthen links to the waterfront and othercultural amenities.

Port Credit

Deliverables

…forming a comprehensive master plan for the corridor

• Preferred route and technology for rapid transit

• Supporting land use and urban design policies

• Community improvement plans

• Cost estimate / business case

• Interim transit service plan

• Assessing cycling network opportunities

• Implementation plan

• Urban design guidelines

• Framework for proceeding with

next stage of the EA process

Study process:

Next Steps

www.hurontario-main.ca

Port Credit Local Advisory Panel

October 20, 2009

Joshua Engel-Yan

Transportation Policy and Planning

Metrolinx

Port Credit Mobility Hub Context: The Big Move, Mobility Hubs, and Parking

Outline

What is Metrolinx?

The Big Move – the Regional Transportation Plan

Mobility Hubs

GO Transit parking structures

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Metrolinx Mission

Deliver rapid transit improvement

Make up for lost generation of rapid

transit investment

Lay foundation for long-term

sustainable strategy of investment

in rapid transit

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A Bold Plan

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The Big Move

Regional transit service will double

Transit lines will triple in length

Despite growth, commuting times do not increase

9 Big Moves

1 A fast, frequent and expanded regional rapid transit network

2 High-order transit connectivity to the Pearson Airport District from all

directions

3 An expanded Union Station - the heart of the GTHA’s transportation

system.

4 A complete walking and cycling network with bike-sharing programs

5 An information system for travellers, where and when they need it

6 A region-wide integrated transit fare system

8 A comprehensive strategy for goods movement

9 An Investment Strategy to provide stable and predictable funding

7 A system of interconnected mobility hubs

Mobility Hubs: A Bridge between

Project Delivery + Customer Service

PLACE + PROXIMITY + PURPOSE = VALUE

Integrating the perspective of the passenger into project design by:

• Creating a sense of place/ a destination

• Well integrated customer amenities designed into the project – not after thoughts

• Easily accessed by multiple modes

Optimizing the development potential from the infrastructure investment

Anchor Hub

Gateway Hub

Port Credit

51 Mobility Hubs identified

Mobility Hub Master Planning

• Design and land use vision for the station and surrounding area

• Identify property in and around the station with high development potential

• Walking, cycling, and transit connections

• Station layout and design

• Strategies to manage parking efficiently and reduce surface parking

• Pedestrian-focused internal movement plan

• Design guidance to help achieve environmental sustainability objectives (e.g., LEED)

Port Credit Mobility Hub

Key Initiatives:

GO parking structure

• 1,200 stalls

• Service date 2012/2013

Third track construction

Hurontario Main Street Study

Port Credit District Review

Parking at GO Transit

The Ultimate Goal

To develop a comprehensive parking program

that provides safe, sufficient, accessible parking,

and embraces alternate modes of arrival.

Projected Parking Supply/Ridership

2020 Vision: GO Transit will double its daily rail passengers with a 50% increase in parking supply

13 parking structures planned to open in the next five years

Over $100M investment in 2010/2011 in parking

Guiding Principles –

Going Forward

Mobility hub & station planning

Prioritize pedestrians and cycling access in

parking design

Technology for improved customer service

Implementing LEED engineering principles

Structures are designed to 40 to 50 year Life

Cycle

Crime prevention through environmental design

Integrate best practices and innovative features

www.metrolinx.com

joshua.engel-yan@metrolinx.com

Mobility Hub Study For Port Credit

Port Credit Local Advisory Panel

October 20, 2009

Mobility Hubs Study Terms of Reference

• Prepare mobility hub development plans for Port Credit

• Prepare design concepts for the station area and immediate vicinity

• Prepare a conceptual design for the proposed parking structure

– Integrate existing and future transit services, ensuring multi-modal access to the station area

– Respect the local characteristics and attributes

Study Area Boundaries

• A concentrated zone of influence (i.e. Primary Zone), including GO station site and immediately adjacent lands

• The broader zone of influence (i.e. Secondary Zone) including other lands within comfortable walking distance of the station site

• Remaining lands within 800 metre radius of the site

Metrolinx Mobility Hub Requirements

• Conformity with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe• Design policies that help achieve environmental sustainability

objectives• Optimize trip-generation and modal split • Minimize distances between transit stations and key destinations• Give priority to transit, pedestrian and bicycle access over all other

modes• Provide amenities for travelers (retail uses, restrooms, community

spaces)• Provide secure convenient bicycle storage • Transition from free surface parking to fairly priced, structured

parking

Discussion Topics

• Development

– Transit-Oriented Development

– Intensification

– Land Uses

– Urban Design

Discussion Topics

• Access/Connectivity

– Pedestrians

– GO to/from future RT on Hurontario

– Cycling

– Buses

– Auto – to Kiss and Ride and parking

Discussion Topics

• GO Station site design

– Kiss and Ride

– Bus location

– Location of platforms and pedestrian walkways

– Parking – surface and proposed parking structure

– Phasing

Examples of Parking Structures

Mobility Hub Study For Port Credit